I have four grades of Clover compound, and even the 6-A would not improve a wide seat.
Just like a poppet valve, a narrow seat seals best, so a flat grind approaches an ideal sharp line upon the surface of the ball.

The tools, with the exception of the the flat stone on the left, were all failures.
Although the ball burnisher on the right improved some, particularly aluminum bodies, it proved disastrous on some chilled cast iron bodies.

I lost a lot of time and a considerable investment on that particular cranial flatulence.

A couple of the sealing flanges of the push rod tubes needed attention.
The picture might not be picking it up but the flanges are dented and may not seal to the corks.
This happens when an owner pries a screw driver under the flange when the cover is hard to slide up.

I have male and female mandrels to slide over the tubes which allows me to press the flange straight.
Fitted the inner tubes in the tool gave it some liberal pressure in the small garage press. No more wrinkles.

The gear cover had custom studs and chrome acorn nuts which is pictured to the left of the shot on the cover.
I replaced them with a cadmium Colony replacement screws kit.
Dabbed the head of each new screw with some lapping paste and then a light lap into the holes.
This settles out any high spots or scaring from previous builds, and allows the taper of the screw head to match the hole and maintain even pressure on the cover.P7180002_1.jpg

Pre loaded the pinion shaft with oil before fitting the cap head screw. I keep pumping oil until it comes up the side of the con rods

Hi.
Can anyone identify this oil pump.
I would like to buy some gaskets for it, but it is out of my knowledge range.
The date stamp says it was made in 1995. Is it a Evo pump or just a reproduction pump?

Found the spring posts on the distributor head were wobbling and rotating.
This kind of shenanigans isn't good for a fast response of advance and retard.
Disassembled the distributor, supported the head of each post on the vise, and gave the flare a bit of light hammering with a flat punch. It took a few goes until the posts tightened up nicely. Lubed the shaft with engine oil, put all the parts back together and greased the pivot points in the weights.

Thought I should tidy up this thread and sign off on this one.
I can see why the chopper guys favored these engines.
When everything is stripped away, they are nice to look at.
Thanks for the contributions and ideas.

Thanks nuklhd..
Delivering the engine tomorrow and helping the guy fit it.
Just remembered why I don't do this for a living...nervous butterflies and thoughts of ...did I do everything right??
Show time tomorrow.